Resources for Writers and Readers

Presenting a small listing of useful resources.

LITERARY EVENTS CALENDARS

Read Local BC Events Calendar

Pandora's Collective has a nice calendar here

ORGANIZATIONS & FEDERATIONS

Federation of BC Writers - Providing support and assistance to its members, and writers across the province of British Columbia, Canada.

League of Canadian Poets

BC Alliance for Arts & Culture

GENERAL RESOURCE

ABC Bookworld - Extensive reference information for books and authors pertaining to British Columbia, including an on-line archive of BC BookWorld, Canada's largest-circulation independent publication about books. 

BC Bookworld - Canada's largest-circulation independent publication about literature.

BC Booklook - Exclusively for and about the literary culture of British Columbia, the province of Canada, a reference site and news service is provided and managed by Alan Twigg

Read Local BC - Launched in 2015 by the Association of Book Publishers of BC, Read Local BC is a project that celebrates the vibrant community of authors, publishers, bookstores, and libraries that make up our province’s literary landscape.

WRITERS GROUPS

Federation of BC Writers used to list Writers Groups but it seems they have removed the page from their new website. Checking the Internet Archives (Wayback Machine) it looks like their page of Writers Groups was not indexed after 2019. Did the Pandemic end writers groups?

Here’s a link to the 2019 BC Writers Groups on the Federation of BC Writers.

READING SERIES

Thank you to Poets Corner for the beginnings of this extensive list.

Poets Corner is a friendly and welcoming reading series where both emerging and established poets can showcase their work. It is also the perfect forum for fans who unabashedly love poetry.

Dead Poets Reading Series @ Vancouver Public Library http://www.deadpoetslive.com/

Holy Wow Poetry @ Maple Ridge https://holywowpoetry.com/

Incite is a free reading series presented by the Vancouver Writers Fest and the Vancouver Public Library. https://writersfest.bc.ca/programs/incite/

Surrey Muse @ Surrey BC https://surreymuse.wordpress.com/

BC Book Stores

The book store is making a comeback! This section will likely grow and have its own page eventually. Send us your book store information, click here

Read Local’s Great Bookstores in BC List

Lower Mainland, Vancouver Coast & Mountains

BC MAGAZINES

The Capilano Review

Published in: British Columbia (Capilano University, Vancouver)
Founded: 1972
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Visual Arts, Interviews

Event

Published in: British Columbia (Douglas College)
Founded: 1971
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Reviews, Creative Non-fiction

Geist

Published in: British Columbia (The Geist Foundation, Vancouver)
Founded: 1990
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Visual Art

Lupine Review

Published in: Whistler, BC Canada
Founded: 2023
Genres: Creative Writing, Poetry, Visual Art

Malahat Review, The

Published in: British Columbia (University of Victoria)
Founded: 1967
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Reviews

Maynard, The

Published in: British Columbia (Vancouver)
Founded: 2008
Genres: Poetry

Portal Magazine

Published in: British-Columbia (Vancouver Island University)
Founded: 1991
Genres: Short Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction

PRISM International

Published in: British Columbia (University of British Columbia)
Founded: 1959
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Drama, Interviews

Pulp Literature

Published in: British Columbia
Founded: 2014
Genres: Short Stories, Novellas, Novel Excerpts and Graphic Novel Shorts

Ricepaper

Published in: British Columbia (Vancouver)
Founded: 1995
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Visual Arts

Room

Published in: British Columbia (Vancouver)
Founded: 1975
Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Interviews, Visual Arts

Sea to Sky Review

Published in: British Columbia (Vancouver)
Founded: 2018
Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Book Reviews, Visual Arts

sub-Terrain

Published in: British Columbia (Vancouver)
Founded: 1992
Genres: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Reviews, Visual Arts

ONLINE MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS OF NOTE

The Walrus - The Walrus Foundation is a Canadian charitable non-profit with an educational mandate. We support Canadian writers, artists, and ideas; create forums for conversations vital to Canadians; and train Canada’s future leaders in journalism, publishing, and the non-profit sector.

Quill & Quire - The magazine of the Canadian book trade. A print edition, published 10 times per year and online updates, featuring up-to-the-minute industry news, regular listings of new book deals, award nominations and wins, personnel changes, and more.

TOOLS FOR WRITERS

DUOTROPE

A fantastic tool, Duotrope is a subscription-based service for writers and artists that offers an extensive, searchable database of current fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art markets, a calendar of upcoming deadlines, a personal submission tracker, and useful statistics compiled from the millions of data points we've gathered on the publishers and agents we list. We’ve used this for years and highly recommend it. duotrope.com $7 per month or $70 per year. USD.

SUBMITTABLE

Join the 10,000 organizations and growing that use Submittable to accept and review applications and submissions. No matter what industry you're in, or what content you aim to collect, Submittable has a solution designed to fit your needs. For writers, your Submittable account will attract your submissions for free! You can upload a standard bio, and follow the progress of your submissions. Works perfectly for all submissions made through Submittable gateways. Submittable.com

STORY TRACKER

Story Tracker makes keeping track of your submitted stories, novels, poems, scripts, and articles easy. Never wonder again where or when you submitted your work. The information is all right there on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch! Find it on your apple store website.

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